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Table Tennis/ Ping Pong in Metro Vancouver
There are a number of Table Tennis clubs in the Lower Mainland. Many listed at http://www.bctta.ca/clubs.shtml However not all of these are associated with the BC Table Tennis association. Some of the clubs I play at and/or have researched are listed below. Vancouver...
Vancouver 2014 Civic Election Affirms Need for Electoral Reform
Initial Reaction to Results My initial reaction to the election results is that they could have been better, but then they could have been much worse. Of course, as a member of OneCity I was very disappointed that RJ Aquino did not get elected. I was also disappointed...
CP Rail and the Arbutus Corridor Gambit
Our friends at CP Rail have dilemma. They apparently don’t need the land they own on the Arbutus Corridor. This is evidenced by the fact that they haven’t used it for a decade. They also tried to sell it on the open market, but couldn’t find a buyer. This is due at...
Vancouver – Civic Election- Reform – Part 3 “Cart before the Horse”
The Provincial Government passed legislation that for the 2014 Civic elections changes the term of office for local government from 3 to 4 years. The rationale is to bring BC in line with municipal terms in other provinces....
Book Review – Olive Odyssey by Julie Angus
I just finished reading "Olive Odyssey" - "Searching for the Secrets of the Fruit That Seduced The World" by Julie Angus. I feel compelled to review it in part because it was such a great read, and a book that I might never had read in spite of my love for Olives and...
Vancouver Civic Election Reform Part 2
I have been in favour of replacing the current at large system of electing our civic representatives with a ward system for a long time. Yet, in my previous article on civic election reform, I advocate for a mixed system with some representatives elected at large and...
Reforming Vancouver’s At Large Voting System
Vancouver has used both at-large and ward systems since it became a city in 1886. The first civic election in 1886 was an at-large vote. Then Vancouver split into five wards, and as the city grew, so did the number of wards. By the 1930s, the city had gone from wards...
IKEA Lockout Shocking
This weekend I was shocked to learn that Ikea had locked out its workers at your Richmond BC store. Almost all of my furniture (like the many bookcases in the attached photo) has been purchased at Ikea, and I have always suggested Ikea as a great place to shop to my...
2013 Election – BC Politics Definitely a Blood Sport
In the centre of the ring we have the BC Liberals, the media, corporate supporters and NDP haters who having pulled out all the stops to retain power, continue to pound the BC NDP long after the bell has rung. Although I saw the election campaign as a rather one sided...
US Election Thoughts
I wish I could be as confident that Obama will re-elected as Stephen Buckley is today in his “America Slides into the Abyss” Post on http://politicsrespun.org/2012/11/america-slides-into-the-abyss-us-election-liveblog/. Over the course of this election I have gained...
